YakuzaTransmutations

Its always pleasant to see a band expand their musical capabilities beyond an obvious genre, so with Chicagos Yakuza investing some time in texturing their sound with more hints of jazz and blues on their fourth album, Transmutations, a dedicated ear is called for. The album provides quite a helping of death and doom metal with songs like "Meat Curtains and "Steal the Fire but also features an interesting trip into a psychedelic, heart-heavy place with tracks like "Egocide and "Raus. "Perception Management acts as Transmutations shining star, embracing some seriously clean vocals and brick-to-the-face guitar riffs, making way for "Black Market Liver and "Zombies to finish off the album on a provocatively dark note. Even if youre not a fan of metal, its undeniable that Yakuza are an interesting blend of talent and certainly deserve kudos for Transmutations eardrum goodies.
(Prosthetic)